E’ nato il 10 Ottobre 1930 a East London. E’ morto il 24 Dicembre 2008.
Opere teatrali
THE ROOM (1957); THE BIRTHDAY PARTY (1957); THE DUMB WAITER (1957); A SLIGHT ACHE (1958); THE HOTHOUSE (1958); THE CARETAKER (1959); SKETCHES: The Black and White; Trouble in the Works (1959); Last to Go; Request Stop; Special Offer (1960); That’s Your Trouble; That’s All; Interview(1964); A NIGHT OUT (1959); NIGHT SCHOOL (1960); THE DWARFS (1960); THE COLLECTION (1961); THE LOVER (1962); TEA PARTY (1964); THE HOMECOMING (1964); THE BASEMENT (1966); LANDSCAPE (1967); SILENCE (1968); SKETCH Night (1969); OLD TIMES (1970); MONOLOGUE (1972); NO MAN’S LAND (1974); BETRAYAL (1978); FAMILY VOICES (1980); and with VICTORIA STATION and A KIND OF ALASKA under the title OTHER PLACES (1982); SKETCH Precisely (1983); ONE FOR THE ROAD (1984); MOUNTAIN LANGUAGE (1988); THE NEW WORLD ORDER (1991); PARTY TIME (1991); MOONLIGHT (1993); ASHES TO ASHES (1996); CELEBRATION (1999); SKETCH Press Conference (2002); SKETCH Apart From That (2006).
Sceneggiature cinematografiche
THE CARETAKER (1962); THE PUMPKIN EATER (1963); THE SERVANT (1963); THE QUILLER MEMORANDUM (1965); ACCIDENT (1966); THE BIRTHDAY PARTY (1967); THE GO-BETWEEN (1969); THE HOMECOMING (1969); LANGRISHE GO DOWN (1970) adapted for TV 1978; A LA RECHERCHE DU TEMPS PERDU (1972) not filmed; THE LAST TYCOON(1974); THE FRENCH LIEUTENANT’S WOMAN (1980); BETRAYAL (1981); VICTORY (1982) not filmed; TURTLE DIARY (1984); THE HANDMAID’S TALE (1987); REUNION (1988); THE HEAT OF THE DAY (1988); THE COMFORT OF STRANGERS (1989); THE TRIAL (1989); THE DREAMING CHILD (1997) not filmed; THE TRAGEDY OF KING LEAR (2000) not filmed; SLEUTH (2007)
Radio
VOICES (2005).
Regie teatrali
THE COLLECTION (with Peter Hall) (1962); THE LOVER and THE DWARFS (1963); THE BIRTHDAY PARTY (1964); Robert Shaw’s THE MAN IN THE GLASS BOOTH London (1967) and New York (1968); James Joyce’s EXILES (1970); Simon Gray ’s BUTLEY (1971); John Hopkin’s NEXT OF KIN (1974); Simon Gray ’s OTHERWISE ENGAGED London (1975) and New York (1977); William Archibald’s THE INNOCENTS New York (1976); Noel Coward’s BLITHE SPIRIT (1976); Simon Gray ’s THE REAR COLUMN (1978); Simon Gray ’s CLOSE OF PLAY (1979); THE HOTHOUSE (1980); Simon Gray ’s QUARTERMAINE’S TERMS (1981); Robert East’s INCIDENT AT TULSE HILL (1981); Jean Giraudoux’s THE TROJAN WAR WILL NOT TAKE PLACE (1983); Simon Gray ’s THE COMMON PURSUIT (1984); ONE FOR THE ROAD (1984); Tennessee Williams’ SWEET BIRD OF YOUTH (1985); Donald Freed’s CIRCE AND BRAVO (1986); Jane Stanton Hitchcock’s VANILLA (1990); PARTY TIME and MOUNTAIN LANGUAGE (1991); THE NEW WORLD ORDER (1991); David Mamet’s OLEANNA (1993); LANDSCAPE (1994); Ronald Harwood ’s TAKING SIDES (1995); Reginald Rose’s TWELVE ANGRY MEN (1996); ASHES TO ASHES 1996; Simon Gray ’s LIFE SUPPORT 1997; ASHES TO ASHES in Italy (1997); ASHES TO ASHES in France (1998); Simon Gray ’s THE LATE MIDDLE CLASSES (1999); CELEBRATION and THE ROOM (2000); NO MAN’S LAND (2001); Simon Gray ’s THE OLD MASTERS (2004)
Regie cinematografiche
BUTLEY (1974)
Regie televisive
Simon Gray’s THE REAR COLUMN (1980); THE HOTHOUSE (1982); MOUNTAIN LANGUAGE (1988); PARTY TIME (1992); LANDSCAPE (1995); ASHES TO ASHES Italy (1998).
Come Attore
In teatro
Toured Ireland with Anew McMaster repertory company (1951-52) Donald Wolfit Company, King’s Theatre, Hammersmith (1953-54) Rep at Chesterfield, Whitby, Huddersfield, Colchester, Bournemouth, Torquay, Birmingham, Palmers Green, Worthing, Richmond (1953-59) THE CARETAKER – Mick Duchess Theatre (1960) THE HOMECOMING – Lenny Watford Theatre (1969) OLD TIMES – Deeley Los Angeles (1985) NO MAN’S LAND – Hirst Almeida & Comedy Theatre (1992-3) THE HOTHOUSE – Roote Chichester Festival Theatre, Comedy Theatre (1995) LOOK EUROPE! – Tramp, Almeida Theatre (1997) THE COLLECTION – Harry, Gate Theatre, Dublin (1997) & Donmar Warehouse (1998), ONE FOR THE ROAD – Nicolas, New Ambassadors Theatre, London (2001) & Lincoln Center Festival, New York, USA (2001), SKETCH Press Conference, Royal National Theatre (2002)
Attore in cinema
THE SERVANT – Society Man (1964) ACCIDENT – Bell (1967) THE RISE AND RISE OF MICHAEL RIMMER – Steven Hench (1970) TURTLE DIARY – Man in Bookshop (1985) MOJO – Sam Ross (1997) MANSFIELD PARK – Sir Thomas (1998) THE TAILOR OF PANAMA – Uncle Benny (2000)
Attore in televisione
A NIGHT OUT – Seeley (1960) HUIS CLOS by Jean Paul Sartre – Garcia (1965) THE BASEMENT – Stott (1967) ROGUE MALE by Clive Donner – Lawyer (1976) LANGRISHE, GO DOWN – Shannon (1978) THE BIRTHDAY PARTY – Goldberg (1987) BREAKING THE CODE by Hugh Whitemore – John Smith (1997) CATASTROPHE by Samuel Beckett – Director (2000) WIT by Margaret Edson – Father (2000)
Attore in radio
PLAYERS – Narrated by Harold Pinter with Edward de Souza FOCUS ON FOOTBALL POOLS and FOCUS ON LIBRARIES (1951) HENRY VIII – Abergevenny (1951) MR PUNCH PASSES – Narrator (1951) A NIGHT OUT – Seeley (1960) THE EXAMINATION – Reading (1962) TEA PARTY – Reading (1964) MONOLOGUE – Man (1975) ROUGH FOR RADIO by Samuel Beckett – Man (1976) BETRAYAL – Robert (1990) THE PROUST SCREENPLAY – The voice of the Screenplay (1995) I HAD TO GO SICK by Julian McLaren Ross – Reading (1998) MOONLIGHT – Andy (2000) A SLIGHT ACHE – Edward (2000)
Premi
CBE, 1966; Shakespeare Prize (Hamburg) 1970; European Prize for Literature (Vienna) 1973; Pirandello Prize (Palermo) 1980; Chilean Order of Merit, 1992; The David Cohen British Literature Prize 1995; Honorary fellow of Queen Mary College, London; Laurence Olivier Special Award 1996; Molire d’Honneur, Paris in recognition of his life’s work, 1997; Sunday Times Award for Literary Excellence 1997; BAFTA Fellowship 1997; Companion of Literature, RSL 1998; The Critics’ Circle Award for Distinguished Service to the Arts 2000; Brianza Poetry Prize, Italy 2000; South Bank Show Award for Outstanding Achievement in the Arts, 2001; S.T. Dupont Golden Pen Award 2001 for a Lifetime’s Distinguished Service to Literature; ‘Premio Fiesole ai Maestri del Cinema’, Italy, 2001; World Leaders Award, Toronto, Canada, 2001; Hermann Kesten Medallion for outstanding commitment on behalf of persecuted and imprisoned writers, awarded by German P.E.N., Berlin, Germany, 2001; Companion of Honour for services to Literature, 2002; Diploma “ad Honorem”, Teatro Filodrammatici, Milan , Italy 2004; Evening Standard Theatre Awards, 50th Anniversary – Special Award, 2004; Wilfred Owen Poetry Prize, 2005; Frank Kafka Prize, 2005; Nobel Prize for Literature, 2005; European Theatre Prize, 2006; Serbian Foundation Prize, 2006; St George Plaque of the City of Kragujevac, 2006; Legion d’Honneur, 2007
IL DISCORSO DI ACCETTAZIONE DEL NOBEL
Lauree honoris causa dalle università di Reading 1970; Birmingham 1971; Glasgow 1974; East Anglia 1974; Stirling 1979; Brown (Rhode Island) 1982; Hull 1986; Sussex 1990; East London 1994; Sofia (Bulgaria) 1995; Bristol 1998; Goldmiths, University of London 1999; University of Aristotle, Thessaloniki 2000; University of Florence, Italy, 2001; University of Turin, Italy, 2002 and National University of Ireland, Dublin 2004; University of Leeds 2007.
Collegamenti
- IL SITO DI HAROLD PINTER
- TERRA DI NESSUNO (No Man’s Land)
- TRADIMENTI (Betrayal)
- VECCHI TEMPI (Old Times)
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